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Governor Kathy Hochul today announced $2.6 million in funding provided by the FY 2023 Enacted Budget to support the Holocaust Survivors Initiative.

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today issued a consumer alert urging New Yorkers to be mindful of potential discriminatory pricing practices at car washes in the days leading up to Passover.

New York Attorney General Letitia James today issued a consumer alert urging New Yorkers to be mindful of potential discriminatory pricing practices at car washes in the days leading up to Passover.

Monday’s announcement follows a spate of street attacks on visibly Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn, as well as last month’s hostage-taking at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas.

The funding can include the installation of new doors, locks and video cameras, and active shooter and access control training.

Many Brooklyn and Queens leaders and residents cheer Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposal to bring mass transit service to an existing freight line linking the boroughs. So far, pols who’ve pushed back on train plans have remained mum.

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POLITICO Yang close to winning support of New York’s powerful Orthodox leaders The leading mayoral candidate is expected to soon win an endorsement from the Satmar rabbis in Williamsburg, the city’s most populous Hasidic neighborhood. New York Mayoral Candidate Andrew Yang speaks to members of the media on April 05, 2021 in New York City. | Spencer Platt/Getty Images By HANNAH DREYFUS Link Copied NEW YORK — Andrew Yang is close to locking down almost universal support among leaders of Ne...